As can be seen in the video, the circuit is working! The microphone has been integrated into the circuit, and the lights react to noise. A loud clap is intended to trigger the effect, but since I had one free tapping, the mic works instead of clapping. The issue was ultimately a missing common ground…
Everything Working – Jesse Frey
This week, I focused on fleshing out my idea for my painting, as well as cleaning up the letters. I also tweaked the color of blue gels that I’m using, since I realized that my paint color does not match the pure blue gels I have. Right now, I have two blue color gels plus…
Cullen Jacene: Everything Working
Everything is technically working as I went through and added all the mirrors onto my final build and got them lined up to their final positions. I tested them all out and they looked fantastic on the black background. However, when I went to secure the lasers to their final spot, I realized that I…
Everything Working (Mostly) -Andrew Roush
This week there was lots of trials, and quite a few errors… It did all come together though. This is now a “working” 3D Volumetric persistence of vision display. The videos don’t really do it justice due partially the framerate but more the way camera exposure works. The assembly holds together surprisingly well while spinning…
Failure, Recalibration & Iteration – Andrew
While the idea is still promising there were quite a few road bumps this week. Shipping took a week end a half which diminished the time I have to get it working as i think most of us experienced. Once I got the electronics it was quite promising. Once The LED board was connected to…
Kat Tse Failure, Recalibration, and Iteration
I failed a little bit early on with my maquette. While on the table and just simply picked up, the optic fibers stayed, but once I started to shake it, most of the optic fibers came off. I also noticed that because the EL wire wasn’t super strong, the optic fibers did not glow very…
Failure, Recalibration & Iteration
My failure was pretty straightforward my circuit did not work, and my LEDs would not turn on. Several things could be contributing to this issue. First, the Arduino Nano Every limits the current far lower than needed to power the LED strip. As a result, I had to switch to add a separate power source,…
Failure, Recalibration, & Iteration
This week was much more successful than the last! I was able to get the proper materials to build the mechanical features of the project, and made a test flower. Below you can see the flower functioning! There are still a few kinks to iron out: The design is very delicate, more than I anticipated….
Failure, Recalibration & Iteration – Jesse
Okay guys don’t laugh because I am being very vulnerable and I am kind of embarrassed about the seriousness of this painting… I know I shouldn’t be embarrassed and it’s a sweet and meaningful message to me but I can’t help but feel like I am bearing my heart wide open for you all. Anyway,…
Experimentation and Failure – Abby Mansour
Experimentation and Failure – Week 5 I spent this week experimenting and trying to fully lay out the concepts I wanted to try. I know I want to eventually get silhouette made by outlining her from behind with lights, as well as a wing picture, where I use sticks of light to make it look…
“Unbroken” – Failure, Recalibration & Iteration
Despite the fact that this isn’t a “failure” in the traditional sense, the issue of time management (or in this case the lack thereof) has been somewhat of a problem. As you all know, this past week was filled to the brim with mid-terms and projects, marking the half-way point of the term. As a…
Cullen Jacene: Failure, Recalibration, & Iteration
This week, I put my effort towards the challenge of creating a full-scale prototype of the continents. Due to the accuracy needed to get the lasers to work and the fact that it is easier to make corrections now than later, I wanted to create an in between of the maquette made last week and…